Tornado, a former Paso Fino champion, had lost most of his muscle mass when he was removed from Florida Equine Rescue earlier this year. He?s now recovering at RVR Horse Rescue in Hillsborough County.

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Amy Bennett Williams
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A Hendry County couple is out of jail after pleading guilty to five of 19 charges of neglecting horses they kept at their Florida Equine Rescue in Fort Denaud.

The confinement/abandonment of animals charges each carries a one-year term of supervised probation, which means they'll be reporting regularly to the state until 2018, said chief assistant state attorney Randall McGruther.

"In addition, there's no early termination no matter how well they're doing," ," McGruther said. "And most important is the special condition that in addition to all the usual, they can not own, possess, care ...